On a sunny August morning, Ievgen Potykun and Hanna Boiarska completed some bike repairs before opening their bicycle shop in Boulder for the day. The first person to come in that day was an old co-worker and friend of Boiarska’s who stopped in to check in on the couple.
This routine of fixing bikes and catching up with friends and regulars has become the new norm for Boiarska and Potykun, but it was not always like this.
Three years ago, the couple and their two children watched as Russian forces began invading and bombing the Kyiv region, which is where they lived. The family then went to live with Boiarska’s mother to escape the bombing, as she lived about 60 miles from Kyiv…